这并不是说个体书店一帆风顺。2011年11月，畅销小说家安妮•帕切特在她的家乡田纳西州纳什维尔市开设了帕纳萨斯书店（Parnassus Books）。在一家当地书店倒闭和该地区因为博得连锁书店（Borders）破产而损失了又一家书店的时候，帕切特与离开了兰登书屋（Random House）销售岗位的本地人卡伦•海斯展开了合作。那两家书店的倒闭为该地区留下了一个市场空白。那里也是范德比尔特大学（Vanderbilt University）的所在地，是一个文学社区。

    帕纳萨斯书店刚好填补了这个空白，但不是所有的社区都那么幸运，能够拥有一位安妮•帕切特式的人物。

    译者：千牛絮

    This isn't to say independents haven't struggled. In November 2011, best-selling novelist Anne Patchett opened Parnassus Books in her hometown, Nashville, TN. When a local bookstore closed and the area lost another one due to the Borders bankruptcy, Patchett partnered with Karen Hayes, a native who left her job in sales at Random House. The closings left a void in the area that's also home to Vanderbilt University, a literary community.

    Parnassus filled it, but not all communities may be lucky enough to have an Anne Patchett around.